Question

1. Out of all the "8" gases [Argon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Air, Helium, Methane, Carbon Dioxide], which one is the most likely to depart from the ideal gas behavior? Why?

2. Out of all the "8" gases [Argon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Air, Helium, Methane, Carbon Dioxide], which one is the most likely to behave closest to that of an ideal gas? Why?

Answers

http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/genchem/topicreview/bp/ch4/deviation5.html

Scroll down the page to the graph that is shown. PV/RT graphed vs P should be a straight line at 1.000. Looks from the graph as if CO2 deviates most and N2 deviates the least. Can you think why this might be so?
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